The Barcelona Surf Film Festival celebrates its fourth edition from July 6th to 9th 2016.
The main purpose of the festival is to keep exciting and surprising, we've selected the best and more astonishing surf movies of the year, so you can forget the long summer calms of our beloved Mediterranean and enjoy the ride.
At the garden of the Maritime Museum, surrounded by culture, history and love for the ocean, the #BCNSFF16 feels like home. Keeping last years tradition, you will have surf stands, Mediterranean cuisine and local beer and the #BCNSurfMarket, together with good music and better company.

Together with Hurley we will be screening View From a Blue Moon de John Florence on Friday 08/07/2016. Entry will be free of charge for the first 300 people to sign up for an invitation. To get one, click here.
In short, the #BCNSFF16 is back to stay and become a solid annual meeting point for the growing Catalan surf community, being an event to strengthen relations, share experiences and why not, feel the surf goose bumps.

FILMSOfficial selection

Faroes - The Outpost Vol.2English

In the middle of the North Atlantic, a cluster of 18 jagged islands comprises The Faroe Islands. Dane Gaudaskas, Justin Quintal, Sam Hammer, Tyler Warren, Chris Burkard and Ben Weiland attempt to unravel a coastline of dramatic fjords and plugging waterfalls in search of perfect waves. They spend two weeks exploring the islands, living in seaside cottages and becoming acquainted with stunning scenery and the strange ancient customs of a nation founded by Vikings.

BIG WAVE IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY brings us closer to the Basque big wave surfers, a small group of sportmen trying to overcome themselves to face the biggest and most dangerous waves of the planet.
With astonishing beauty scenes, the documentary goes through the basque best big surf spots. Recorded in Punta Galea, Meñakoz, Mundaka, Orrua... combines the impressions of some of our most renoun surfers, who explain their particular point of view regarding this dangerous sport.

Litter, wastewater, industrial products and chemicals - it is all ending up in the sea. This is often happening without anybody hearing anything about it. But there are some people that observe and feel the pollution day by day with their own body: surfers. As soon as there is some swell they grab their board and ride the waves, in winter and summer. Water is their life. And they want to protect it.
Their love of nature and the water gives them the strength to go out, investigate and search for the source of the pollution. They start talking to people who were involved, to politicians and to the industry. They even initiate scientific studies in the sea and in rivers. If necessary they go to court.
They want to surf white waves again.

When you live in Germany, it is always quite a mission to fulfill your need for waves–either you board a plane to Portugal, the Canaries, or somewhere further and more exotic, or you have to jump in your car and travel down to wonderful France. If you are not on vacation but still you are hungry for surf, you need to explore the limited German coastline or drive up to neighboring Denmark. With 6mm rubber, the quest in the water got easier, but the journey is the same. But it makes it mellower to surf in wind, snow and ice. We all are cold water surfers always looking for wind swell and the rare groundswell coming from the Atlantic.

Worl premier of this local documentary, through 35 minutes it shows the South Ameria tirp that a young catalan couple did. It is the first release of a trilogy about a bigger challenge: Travel from ushuaia to Alaska. In this first film, different paradises for Surf and Kiteboard are shown, from Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Perú, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Allways with humor, naturality and autenticity this young couple recorded their day to day on a campervan and we will discover amazing and interesting places. Let the adventure begin!

The Gauchos del Mar brothers perform an unprecedented expedition by foot with 35kgs+ on their backs during 53 days on the easternmost tip of Tierra del Fuego Province, a pristine area where no one lives. The brothers have the goal of surfing a world-class wave never ridden before at the Cape San Diego Lighthouse, the most easterly point. To get there they overcome heavy terrains, scarcity of food and harsh climate. With no communication whatsoever they document the region and decide to share their message of environmentalism, avoiding consumerism and living simply in order to protect Península Mitre forever!

A small chronicle of the 2015-16 big wave season in the Basque Country, from the hand of several underground surfers. As if it they were whalers, they tell us about the efforts and benefits, that involves hunting these giant waves.

See the sport of surfing as it’s never been captured before in John Florence and Blake Vincent Kueny’s second signature release, this time in association with the award-winning studio Brain Farm. The first surf film shot in 4K, View From A Blue Moon follows the world’s most dynamic surfer John Florence and his closest friends from his home on the North Shore of Oahu to his favorite surfing destinations around the globe. From the dreamy blue perfection of the South Pacific to the darkest uncharted waters of Africa (and everywhere in between), Florence faces a broad spectrum of emotions as he continues to seal his legacy as one of the most gifted surfers ever. And while the young Hawaiian is pulled in increasingly different directions, there is no form of pressure that will keep him from his ultimate goal — to redefine what is possible in the ocean.

Gerry Lopez first surfed Uluwatu in 1974. The fabled Balinese wave was pristine, magical, and empty. Gerry returned to Uluwatu 40 years later to find it bustling, developed, and a different scene. After a week of surfing and yoga, however, Gerry tapped into a spirit of place that will endure.

MUSIC

The Crab ApplesWednesday 6 - MMB - 9:00pm

THE CRAB APPLES is a young band from the Vallés area. In their music the base is storng, the voice rises with delay and reverb and guitars in between rock and ambient music, they play with pop melodies, bringing a fresh sound.

Edward EstlinThursday 7 - MMB - 9:00pm

Edward Estlin is a band from Barcelona, setting the beautiful poems of the famous writer E.E. Cummings to music. Vocals, two guitars, a violin and a double bass convey new layers of rhythm and meaning contained in the lyrics of his works. This union of poetry and music is ambitious, intense and emotional.http://www.edwardestlin.com

NuuFriday 8 - MMB - 9:00pm

NUU met in jail, during the recording of the movie FRONTERA. Guillem was composing the soundtrack and Aida was an acress.
The constellation of the two master minds colided to birth a pop electro, indie-tronic band where experimentation and atmosphere creation is one of the most important factors. http://nuumusic.bandcamp.com/

The CangrejosSaturday 9 - MMB - 9:00pm

THE CANGREJOS was born when four friends shared their love for wave and rock. From surf to spaghetti rock this four riders schredd the stages with their frenetic rythms.https://thecangrejos.bandpage.com/

Surfmarket

Meeting point for key players of local, national and international surf worl. The BCNSurfMarket will be held on the same premises as #BCNSFF16 from 20h to 00h. Festival goers can discover first-hand, authentic brands related to surfing and Mediterranean lifestyle.
This year you can find the following exhibitors scattered around the MMB garden:

#BCNSFF16 OFFICIAL TEES by TWOTHIRDS

Two thirds of the world are covered by ocean. It is home of life and a limitless fun. TWOTHIRDS creates ocan-friendly clothes. For this edition 2/3 has created two exclusive designs inspired on surf which will be the official Festival T-shirts. You can buy them on their online store.

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